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Prime Minister's Office
Phone call between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and H.E. Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation today with H.E. Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand.
The Prime Minister warmly recalled his visit to Bangkok in November 2019 to attend ASEAN and Related Summits, and conveyed his greetings to the members of the Royal Family of Thailand as well as the Thai people.
The two leaders shared information on the steps being taken in their respective countries to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Prime Minister spoke about the importance of regional and global cooperation to effectively fight the pandemic. He assured the Thai Prime Minister of India’s commitment to support the pharmaceutical requirements of Thailand.
The leaders agreed on the desirability of greater collaboration between researchers, scientists and innovators of the two countries.
The leaders appreciated the facilitation being provided to their citizens present in each other’s territory, and promised to continue such support.
Thailand is a valued maritime partner in India’s extended neighbourhood, with ethnic and ancient cultural links.
Ministry of Power
Union Power Minister Takes Review of Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited  and The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited 
Directs Both the CPSUs to bid for Solar/Wind Projects
Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri RK Singh took review meetings of the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited  and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited , here, yesterday. A direction given to both the CPSUs was to bid for Solar/Wind projects.The minister also directed both the CPSUs to increase their Capital Expenditur  and to spend 90% of their CAPEX by the end of Q3.
Shri Singh appreciated the progress made by THDCIL for the initiatives taken by them in installation of Carbon Capture Technology for the Khurja Super Thermal Power Project . He also commended the initiative of THDCIL for diversification in the field of ‘Green Hydrogen’ under the ‘National Green Hydrogen Mission’ and to develop 800 MW capacity Green Hydrogen production and storage project on commercial scale in Chitrakoot District of Uttar Pradesh.THDCIL was also asked to create two new divisions in the company, one each for construction of Thermal Power Plants and another for development of Mines.
The Ministerexpressed concern on NEEPCO’s high manpower/megawatt strength and advised the CPSU to bring it within norms fixed by CEA.He directed NEEPCO to diversify the operations of NEEPCO in Renewable Energy and also expand its area of operations to PAN India.
Special Service and Features
R. Saji Kumar takes over as BSNL Principal CGM Tvm
Shri. R. Saji Kumar has taken over the charge of Principal General Manager BSNL , Thiruvananthapuram Business Area. He is from 1989 Batch of Indian Telecom Service . He has 32 years of expertise in various capacities of DoT/BSNL. Prior to joining, he was working as Principal General Manager, BSNL Nagercoil Business Area during 2017-2023. He was responsible for
operations, development and marketing products and services of BSNL in this area. During his tenure, BSNL Nagercoil Business Area became No.1 in the country in terms of Revenue growth, Mobile network maintenance and FTTH growth.
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Ministry of Power
Powergrid provides Support to
Army good will Schools in Kashmir Under CSR
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited  dedicated upgraded and digitized ten Army Goodwill Schools  in Kashmir at Uri today in the presence of Lieutenant General D.P. Pandey, GOC 15 Corps, Sh. Kailash Rathore, Executive Director, POWERGRID Northern Region-II, and other senior officials of POWERGRID and Indian Army. These classrooms have been upgraded and digitized under Corporate Social Responsibility  initiative of POWERGRID.
POWERGRID has given financial assistance to Indian Army amounting ₹3.09 Crore to provide technology oriented education to the students in ten Army Goodwill Schools  viz. AGS-Boniyar, Baramula, AGS-Hajinar, Kupwara, AGS-Wayne, Bandipora, AGS-Chandigam, Kupwara, AGS- Budkot, Kupwara, AGS- Sopore, Baramula, AGS- Krusan, Kupwara, AGS-Behibag, Kulgam, AGS- Aishmuqam, Anantnag, AGS- Wuzur, Anantnag.
This CSR effort of POWERGRID will enable about 5000 students to remain abreast with latest technological, scientific, cultural developments through digital learnings and access information quicker with help of digital aids. Through this CSR initiative, latest teaching solutions shall be available for benefit of students of the Kashmir valley.
POWERGRID presently has 172,154 ckm of transmission lines, 262 Sub-stations and more than 446,940 MVA of transformation capacity. With the adoption of latest technological tools and techniques, enhanced use of automation and digital solutions, POWERGRID has been able to maintain average transmission system availability >99%. Northern Region -II with headquarters in Jammu is having its Transmission System spread over in states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, parts of Haryana and UT of Chandigarh, Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir.
Ministry of Communications
TRAI releases Consultation Paper on Open and De-licensed use of Unused or Limited Used Spectrum Bands for Demand Generation for Limited Period in Tera Hertz Range
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India  has today released a Consultation Paper on “Consultation Paper on Open and De-licensed use of Unused or Limited Used Spectrum Bands for Demand Generation for Limited Period in Tera Hertz Range”.
Department of Telecommunications , through a reference dated 08.12.2022, requested TRAI to provide its recommendations under Section 11 of TRAI Act, 1997  on Consultation Paper on Open and De-licensed use of Unused or Limited Used Spectrum Bands for Demand Generation for Limited Period in Tera Hertz Range.
In this regard, a Consultation Paper on “Consultation Paper on Open and De-licensed use of Unused or Limited Used Spectrum Bands for Demand Generation for Limited Period in Tera Hertz Range”, seeking inputs from stakeholders has been placed on the TRAI’s website . Written comments on the issues raised in the Consultation Paper are invited from stakeholders by 25.10.2023 and counter-comments by 08.11.2023.
The comments/ counter-comments may be sent, preferably in electronic form at advmn@trai.gov.in. For any clarification/ information Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor , TRAI may be contacted at Telephone Number +91-11-23210481.
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Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of  ‘5.63% GS 2026’,  ‘GoI Floating Rate Bond 2033’,  ‘6.64% GS 2035’, and  ‘6.67% GS 2050’
The Government of India  has announced the Sale  of  ‘5.63% Government Security, 2026’ for a notified amount of Rs 11,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘GoI Floating Rate Bonds, 2033’ for a notified amount of Rs 4,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘6.64% Government Security, 2035’ for a notified amount of ` 10,000 crore  through price based auction,, and  ‘6.67% Government Security, 2050’ for a notified amount of Rs 7,000 crore  through price based auction. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs 8,000 crore against the above Security/Securities. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on June 03, 2021  using multiple price method.
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the Securities will be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on June 03, 2021. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on June 03, 2021  and payment by successful bidders will be on June 04, 2021 .
The Securities will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers for October, 2022 released
All-India CPI-IW for October, 2022 increased by 1.2 points and stood at 132.5
The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry Labour and Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month. The index for the month of October, 2022 was released today
The All-India CPI-IW for October, 2022 increased by 1.2 points and stood at 132.5 . On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.91 per cent with respect to previous month compared to an increase of 1.30 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Food & Beverages group contributing 0.76 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Buffalo Milk, Poultry/Chicken, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Onion, Potato, Tomato, Peas, Chillies dry, Biscuits, Vada, Idli, Dosa, Cooked Meals, Tea cup, Doctor’s fee etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Apple, Banana, Fish fresh, Palm Oil, Mustard oil, Cotton seed Oil, Sunflower Oil, Chillies Green, Brinjal, Orange, French Bean, Electricity Domestic etc. putting downward pressure on the index.
At centre level, Ludhiana recorded a maximum increase of 3.6 points. Among others, 4 centres recorded increase between 3 to 3.4 points, 14 centres between 2 to 2.9 points, 29 centres between 1 to 1.9 points and 25 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Doom-Dooma Tinsukia and Haldia recorded a maximum decrease of 1.3 points each. Among others, 2 centers recorded decrease between 1 to 1.2 points, 8 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of three centers index remained stationary.
Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 6.08 per cent compared to 6.49 per cent for the previous month and 4.52 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 6.52 per cent against 7.76 per cent of the previous month and 2.20 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW 
All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for September, 2022 and October, 2022
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Groups
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September, 2022
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October, 2022
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I
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Food & Beverages
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131.9
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133.9
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II
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Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants
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147.3
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148.5
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III
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Clothing & Footwear
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129.7
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131.9
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IV
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Housing
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121.0
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121.0
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V
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Fuel & Light
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177.8
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177.8
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VI
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Miscellaneous
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127.5
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128.4
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General Index
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131.3
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132.5
CPI-IW: Groups Indices
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of November, 2022 will be released on Friday, 30th December, 2022. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
NIPCCD organizes an online training programme 'Development and Popularization of Swadeshi Toys/Folk Songs and Sports Materials' for Anganwadi service scheme functionaries under Mission Poshan2.0
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development  organized an online training programme 'Development and Popularization of Swadeshi Toys/Folk Songs and Sports Materials' for Anganwadi service scheme functionaries on 13th and 14th June, 2023 at Headquarters, Delhi. As many as 44 officials participated in the programme.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sports Ministry's efforts ensure athletes from 20 new disciplines are now eligible for Government jobs under sports quota
The addition of new disciplines will help to create a positive environment for overall development of sports in the country : Shri Kiren Rijiju
The Department of Personnel and Training , Government of India, has accepted the proposal of the Department of Sports to grant benefit of the sports quota to athletes of 20 new disciplines on Tuesday, the 1st September, 2020. The list of sports which qualify for appointment of meritorious sportspersons in Central Government offices has now thus been revised from 43 to 63, and includes indigenous and traditional sports like Mallakhamb, Tug-of-War, Roll Ball.
Speaking about the decision, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri. Kiren Rijiju said, "To ensure the overall welfare of our athletes is of primary importance for the Government, and the proposal to include more sporting disciplines in the DoPT list is a step in that direction. It will be beneficial not only to boost the morale of the sports persons who are performing at National and International events but will also help to create a positive environment for overall development of sports in the country”.
Earlier, athletes of 43 disciplines were eligible under the sports quota for jobs in the Government of India and in various ministries. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports took up the matter with the Department of Personnel and Training for revision of the list of sports, which was last revised in October 2013. It has been reviewed and now 20 more disciplines, including indigenous and traditional sports, have been added. Meritorious athletes who have performed well in international events such as the Asian Games, Olympics, and other championships in these newly added disciplines will now be benefitted under the sports quota.
The revised list, issued by the DoPT, has included 20 new disciplines: Baseball, Body Building , Cycling Polo, Deaf Sports, Fencing, Kudo, Mallakhamb, Motorsports, Net Ball, Para Sports , Pencak Silat, Roll Ball, Rugby, Sepak Takraw, Soft Tennis, Shooting Ball, Tenpin Bowling, Triathlon, Tug-of-war and Wushu.
Ministry of Defence
Indian Navy Sailing Championship 2022
Indian Naval Academy , Ezhimala will be conducting Indian Navy Sailing Championship 2022 at the state-of-the-art Marakkar Watermanship Training Centre from 18 -21Oct 22. This mega championship under the aegis of lndian Naval Sailing Association  at IHQ MoD  is the largest intra Navy sailing regatta in which nearly 100 yatchpersons from all three Indian Naval Commands, incl. 15 Officer Trainees of INA will participate.
Interpid yatchpersons - men and women, match their skills, team sprit and leadership qualities in Team Racing Format in Enterprise and Match Racing Format in Laser Bahia classes.
Participants individual skills and expertise will be tested in Fleet Racing format in ILCA 6 class of boats for women, ILCA 7 class of boats for men and Open Bic Nova windsurfing board.
This Sailing Championship is one of the events being conducted by the Indian Navy to commemorate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav & khelo India.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Treasure of Censor Board Records from NFAI collection Available Online Now
Do you know that in ‘Poona Raided’, a silent film made by Deccan Pictures Corporation in 1924 and directed by BV  Varerkar, a scene was cut and then passed by the then Bombay Board of Film Censors? The film, an ambitious production as well as the best known directorial effort by one of Marathi theatre’s leading playwrights Mama Varerkar, retells the legendary episode of Mughal Commander Shahistekhan’s attack on Poona and King Shivaji’s daredevil bravery in repelling it!
The scene in which Shahistekhan makes an obeisance and says “The Crescent Moon! Who calls him a Satan? He is the beloved of the Lord”, when Shivaji is transformed into the God Shankar with the crescent moon on his head and is retransformed into his original form as Shivaji, has been cut out together with the above words of Shahistekhan . The film was certified on 15th August, 1924 with a recommendation to cut this scene in reel 7. According to film historians, the film was probably made with an awareness of anti-imperialist metaphor in tune with the struggle for India’s independence.
The Volga Boatman, an American silent film produced and directed by legendary filmmaker Cecil B De Mille, was refused certification and was prohibited in India by Bombay Board of Film Censors on the ground that it portrays class hatred, violence, degrading lust and brutality as accompanying the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
Such details and many other facts regarding the early era of India’s film industry is now available online! National Film Archive of India has made these rare and historical data from its collection available on NFAI’s official website https://www.nfai.gov.in.
The record consists of the early film data published as Bombay and Bengal Government Gazettes during the period 1920 - 1950. It is a compilation of data of films submitted for Examination/Certification to Censor Boards by companies and individuals. Over 2,500 pages of these records have been uploaded on NFAI website. These records consist of detailed information like name of the film examined, number of reels, length of film, name of company or person applying for certification, name of company or person producing or releasing the film, country of origin, date of examination and number and date of certification issued and endorsement details.
Director NFAI, Shri Prakash Magdum said, “These records are historical documents of the early Indian cinema and Indian film industry. I am sure this reference database would be useful to film researchers across the world who are interested in early Indian cinema.”
Ministry of Civil Aviation
No charge for web check-in in scheduled domestic airlines
Directorate General of Civil Aviation  has issued Air Transport Circular -01 of 2021 titled, "Unbundle of Services and fees by scheduled airlines" as per which, some services like preferential seating have been allowed to be unbundled and charged separately from the travellers. Such unbundled services are provided on "opt-in" basis by Airlines and are not mandatory in nature. There is also a provision for auto seat assignment to the passengers who have not selected any seat for web check-in before scheduled departure. Scheduled domestic airlines are not charging any fee for completing web check-in formalities. As far as check-in at Airports is concerned, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has advised all the scheduled airlines not to charge any additional amount for issuing boarding passes at the airport check in counters as the same cannot be considered within 'tariff' as provided under Rule 135 of The Aircraft Rules, 1937. Ministry of Civil Aviation / Directorate General of Civil Aviation has been receiving grievances related to air transport. They are redressed as per the established mechanism / extant guidelines in the matter.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen.  V. K. Singh  in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves Homeopathy Central Council  Ordinance, 2019
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the draft Homoeopathy Central Council  Ordinance, 2019 which seeks to extend the period for reconstitution of the Central Council from existing period of one year to two years so that the tenure of the Board of Governors may be extended for a further period of one year with affect from 17th May, 2019 for exercising the powers and performing the functions of the Central Council of Homoeopathy.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Digital Healthcare Platforms
Electronic Health Record  Standards under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission  aim to facilitate interoperability of healthcare information
National Health Authority  has issued several guidelines and notification to govern the conduct of digital health applications which are integrated with ABDM ecosystem
Government of India has launched Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission  which aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated digital health infrastructure of the country and create longitudinal Electronic Health Record for the citizen. Union Health Ministry has notified Electronic Health Record  Standards to promote data standards which can facilitate interoperability of healthcare information across various health IT systems.
The National Health Authority  has issued several guidelines and notification to govern the conduct of digital health applications which are integrated with ABDM ecosystem. These include Health Data Management Policy, Data Privacy Policy & ABDM Health Records  Mobile App Privacy Policy which sets out the minimum standards for data privacy and protection.
NHA has also defined policies and procedures for authenticating digital healthcare applications which are part of ABDM ecosystem. Through a Sandbox environment, applications are validated and integrated within ABDM framework for facilitating wider use of digital health application across the country.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. SP Singh Baghel, stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri Kiren Rijiju felicitates victorious women’s hockey team; assures them of all support
Shri Kiren Rijiju, Minister of state  for Youth Affairs and Sports met the Indian women’s hockey team here today and congratulated them for their victory at the FIH Series Finals that were held in Hiroshima, Japan from
June 15-23. With this win, India has moved one step closer towards qualifying for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, as they will now participate in the 14-team FIH Olympic Qualifiers to be held later this year. The qualifiers will be a bilateral two-match series, from where the winners of each of the seven matches will qualify for the Olympics.
India remained unbeaten throughout their campaign, scoring 29 goals and conceding just four. The women’s team recorded convincing victories over Chile, beating them 4-2 in the semi-final, and hosts and Asian Games champions Japan 3-1 in the final. Penalty corner specialist Gurjit Kaur was India’s leading goal scorer in the tournament with 11 goals. Captain Rani Rampal added one more accolade to her growing profile, as she was adjudged the Player of the Tournament. There was also a special performance from 19-year-old Lalremsiami who played the semi-final and final, despite receiving news that her father had expired the day before the
semi-final encounter.
The Indian women’s hockey team has played the Summer Olympics on two previous occasions, in 1980, where they finished fourth, and in 2016. With their improving fortunes on the global stage, having reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Commonwealth Games and earning a silver at the Asian Games, India will look to seal a berth in Tokyo later this year.
Speaking about the achievement of the team, Shri Rijiju said, “The Indian women’s hockey team has played very well, and made us proud. I congratulate the team for its excellent performance. The ministry will extend all support to the players, both individually and as a team. I will visit their training center in Bengaluru to meet their coaches and discuss the requirements of the team. India has a good chance of qualifying for the Olympics and winning a medal in hockey.”
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